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* [PATCH net] bna: fix performance regression
@ 2014-07-29 14:29 Ivan Vecera
  2014-07-31  2:10 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ivan Vecera @ 2014-07-29 14:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: rmody

The recent commit "e29aa33 bna: Enable Multi Buffer RX" is causing
a performance regression. It does not properly update 'cmpl' pointer
at the end of the loop in NAPI handler bnad_cq_process(). The result is
only one packet / per NAPI-schedule is processed.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
index 3a77f9e..556aab7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bnad.c
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@ bnad_cq_process(struct bnad *bnad, struct bna_ccb *ccb, int budget)
 	prefetch(bnad->netdev);
 
 	cq = ccb->sw_q;
-	cmpl = &cq[ccb->producer_index];
 
 	while (packets < budget) {
+		cmpl = &cq[ccb->producer_index];
 		if (!cmpl->valid)
 			break;
 		/* The 'valid' field is set by the adapter, only after writing
-- 
1.8.5.5

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* Re: [PATCH net] bna: fix performance regression
  2014-07-29 14:29 [PATCH net] bna: fix performance regression Ivan Vecera
@ 2014-07-31  2:10 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2014-07-31  2:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ivecera; +Cc: netdev, rmody

From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:29:30 +0200

> The recent commit "e29aa33 bna: Enable Multi Buffer RX" is causing
> a performance regression. It does not properly update 'cmpl' pointer
> at the end of the loop in NAPI handler bnad_cq_process(). The result is
> only one packet / per NAPI-schedule is processed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!

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